Oil price is on the move again and unfortunately it is going down at an alarming rate. What will this do for us and the industry as a whole? More layoffs and scaling back. One of the first places to be hit hard will be Bartlesville. The truth is we... — read more 

Main problem is they are not held accountable. The managers that were preaching the big numbers without any cost control should be let go. If you don't let any of them go, how can you avoid these things. Most people have a hard enough time just... — read more 

Are we done with layoffs in Bartlesville? We have already had playoffs in Bartlesville after selling Canadian assets and San Juan but we keep hearing that we may have more. It would be nice if we could get more communication about what's going on... — read more 

I thought I'd brighten up this place with some positive news: COP has a Bakken Operations Geologist posting over on Indeed. Pay no attention to the geologists being loaned out to groups they aren't in or those on teams that have no capital... — read more 

Australia BU East / West separate divisions still justified? What are you waiting for to merge into one single BU? Just think about how many Managers and Expats you could get rid off to make this company truly "Nimble"... I know first line Senior... — read more 

I hope they let us know when they are closing Bartlesville offices and with driving to Houston. The suspense and waiting is killing us. How many of us will be offered a job in Houston and how many of us will be laid off? We are hearing there will be... — read more 

I just point this out, suggest his time could better be served working on costs and revenues, and ask for a clarification on how this impacts employees at the complex, and my post gets deleted?

L48 has had something like 50% reductions since the downturn started and there's still plenty of room in the layers of management to cut more. I can't help but wonder what the heck we were doing hiring all these people during the shale boom - how we... — read more 

All this waiting and worrying and waiting to find out if it is minor cuts, massive layoffs, or something in between is unbearable.

Although other companies are also not hiring for Useless workforce, it appears that it is widely known managers from COP are all low-performers and not hiring quality for most other companies. Plus they spend far too much time doing politics rather... — read more 

Although other companies are also not hiring for the same reason, it appears that it is widely known the people who were let go from COP were all low-performers and not hiring quality for most other companies. Plus they spend far too much time crying... — read more 

Lots of positive articles showing up by the financial press for COPs strategy during these tough times. Share price is looking on track to finish in the top 25% of peer performers due to some strategic moves that others failed to make. VCIP should be... — read more 

Some truly exceptional people have been paid to leave. If we had smart management, the ELT would have incentivized these folks to stick around another couple years and help with the current decision making and lean times, but we don't have smart... — read more 

What a joke. People leaving left right and centre. They take the attitude that "people should be happy they have a job" and treat the employees like crap. Well guess what there are jobs out there and your not the only show in town. The "senior"... — read more 

Houston office we sent you another narcissist brown noser for all the ones you have sent to us here in Anchorage. Shipping them was not free, so please pay cash on delivery (COD).

Are the layoffs in Bartlesville over except for the groups/individuals who have already been told they are here until October or February? I know that a couple of other small assets have been sold but a lot of reorganization has taken place too... — read more 

If you are 30 years old O Tesla fans recently drove a Model S more than 1,000km on a single charge. UBS, a bank, reckons the “total cost of ownership” of an electric car will reach parity with a petrol one next year—albeit at a loss to its... — read more 

There was a "Pulse Survey" in Canada this summer and I have yet to see/hear the results. Does anyone know what the feedback was? What directives have the "Employee Engagement Network" been given as a result? Make more lemonade?

Anybody else noticed highly-talented employees walking out the door over the past few months? I personally know of several so far, with another global SME packing bags as we speak due to utterly ignorant, incomprehensible actions from up the food... — read more 

Something we have been saying for a while... It seems that number of reported layoffs in oil and gas industry was significantly higher than reported by companies (ConocoPhillips included.) And not by a small number, by nearly 50 percent... Really... — read more 

Seriously, how many IT and Finance so-called managers have only 1 or 2 people reporting to them? No other company looks like this. Look at the online org chart for yourself. Those organizations are engineered to create extra supervisor jobs to... — read more 

Anyone know when technical staff layoffs will occur and if there will be an EOI?

What actually has to happen for the ELT to be refreshed?

Amazing that business goes on day after day without any communication from our "leaders". Guess we'll just have to keep hauling office supplies home by the truckload until the wheels come off... new corporate directive placing an emphasis on office... — read more 

Goes to show there is no effective leadership!

Dudes if you google search Conocophillips, the top three suggestions for COP are "gas station near me, stock, and layoffs". Apparently that's all we do now a days, prepare plans for next round of layoffs. None of the other oil and gas companies show... — read more 

Not interested in layoff numbers. Interested to hear if there would be a Restructure/Re-org?

Let the fun begin and to welcome to the Hilcorp Family!

There are some truly world-class explorationists in the company. Unfortunately, almost all of the supervisors/leaders are corrupt opportunists who only care about what makes them look good rather than truly creating value for the company. They spend... — read more 

68% of shareholders have voted to outsource the ELT to a company in Bartlesville run by a Boston consulting firm. The price of oil has nothing to do with the company performance, oh and Bartlesville s---s. P.S. Instead of focusing on the rest of my... — read more 

I've been watching our "leadership" for five years now and it's apparent they are in over their heads. If you had any doubts, the 68% vote is clear, it benchmarks our executives at the bottom 0%, although they deny this. BCG will butcher our... — read more 

Apparently the consultants being let loose on Bartlesville are talking more abut outsourcing us than moving us to Houston. Given the staff reductions, it could make sense.

The stock is also responding to the great 2Q results. One of the few E&Ps to beat expectations. Some people on this board don't understand that writedowns - but most people do. (And that is why the stock price shot up over the last few days). It... — read more 

On the brite side, I can say for sure that I have nothing to do with this loss. :) ( and so a lot of other people that got laid off). On the sad side, the policy of laying off hardworking people and keeping the useless, pathetic, managers running the... — read more 

Our company runs flat, except that it doesn't. You are not better than Conoco you are Conco creating jobs that don't exsist or there is no need for just to make people happy. And of all people to make an operations manager. I am no longer impressed... — read more 

So we gave away $200MM in value on Barnett. How much was our misguided generosity this time?

It's just 3.44 billion nothing to worry. Next on chopping block is some random BU.